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Conference Awards 2016

The winners of the 2016 Conference Awards were announced at Tobacco Dock on 1 July, at a ceremony, organised by the Global Conference Network.

Flying the flag in Switzerland

The UK & Ireland fielded an agency team, plus CN editor, for the Swiss Meeting Trophy 2016. The trip saw eight teams of agents

Speakernomics: That’s Entertainment

By Nick Gold, Speakers Corner Following on from the previous post in the series, we worked with research company BDRC Continental to come up

New MPI UK & Ireland board ‘to reflect industry diversity’

Meetings Professionals International (MPI) UK & Ireland has announced a new 10-strong board of directors for its 2016-17 year, which kicked off on 1

What’s holding women back in the events industry?

By Simon Clayton, chief ideas officer, RefTech Honestly? I don’t think it’s anything or anyone. Generally speaking, I believe there are more male entrepreneurs

Midwest meeting of minds

Louise Gordon, conference manager at Oxford’s Wolfson College finds a kindred spirit in St Paul, Minnesota Visiting my native country USA for a family

Smart Live expands North to MediaCityUK

Creative events specialist Smart Live has opened a northern division, opening an office in The Greenhouse, at the heart of Salford’s MediaCityUK. Smart Live’s

Taylor joins Grass Roots M&E as strategy director and promises ‘changes ahead’

Simon Taylor has taken on the role of strategy director at agency Grass Roots Meetings & Events. The role will see him working with

Leeds Beckett wins leisure studies conference for 2017

An internationally-acclaimed conference which aims to foster research, promote interest and advance education in Leisure Studies is to be hosted by Leeds Beckett University

Make Events hiring on back of record 53% growth

North West agency Make Events has employed two new staff members within its Cheshire office on the back of its most successful year to

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